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Jerry Springer: I Refuse to Wear Clothes (vhs):

Amazon.com video review: Greeting the viewer to the "I Refuse to Wear Clothes" episode are Adara and Amanda, two blond, shapely women, who--surprise!--prefer to conduct their daily affairs sans wardrobe. This is the only video in the Jerry Springer home video series that is actually a full-length show, rather than just clipped highlights. Adara works and lives without a stitch of clothing to sheathe her body. Grocery shopping, walking around town, working as half of the duo entitled Scandalous, Adara simply feels it is more natural and more comfortable to be nude. Sitting on the stage, wearing nothing but thigh-high lace-up boots, she makes the case for nudity. While her boyfriend is supportive, her mother and sister are less than enthusiastic. Her tearful mother pleads with her to cover up, and her brother-in-law hurls invectives her way. She is soon joined by best friend Amanda, whose boyfriend confronts her with the ultimatum: it's either me or your nudity. This isn't, by far, the most shocking of Jerry Springer's TV talk shows; only one mild fight breaks out. But it is rather startling to see these two Lady Godivas amidst the clothed crowd. --Jenny Brown

Jerry Springer: Best of (vhs):

Amazon.com video review: Love triangles? That's old news. Try love quintets. Try one involving your girlfriend, her best friend and your half-cousin, your male best friend, and his lover, who happens to look like a Prince-wannabe. Welcome to the world of Jerry Springer--the king of the schlock TV talk show.

If you're only going to buy one Jerry Springer tape, this is the must-have. Not only do we get Jerry himself, sitting in his office chair while puffing on a stogie, telling us the behind-the-scenes tidbits (for instance, the show actually was meant to be a serious talk show replacement for Phil Donahue's slot), but we get clips of the many wild shows, including the one Jerry considers his most outrageous: "I Cut Off My Manhood." (The guest in this one, tired of being preyed on by another man, turned his pruning clippers to his own body, relieving himself of his, well, "manhood" to discourage his stalker.) In 65 minutes, see highlights from shows such as "I Need to Tell You This," "Confronting One-Night Stands," "I'm Sleeping with Your Man," and the ever-popular "Guess What ... I'm a Man!" This is by far the tamest of the on-video Springers--the curse words are still bleeped out--but the peeks at Jerry and his stage manager and his director of security make this most well-rounded and interesting. --Jenny Brown